Bowie himself may not have even known what he was. He said he was gay in the early 70s then declared himself bisexual and then that he had always been heterosexual.
But that he spent the past quarter century married to Iman must mean something pretty straight, huh?
No, it means that men who have sex with men died at a lower age by a decade or two. In his case, a decade and a half maybe. Being heterosexual later in life doesn’t necessarily mitigate all the damage done at an earlier age. Like cigarette smoking in that regard, I suppose.
It was the 70’s. It was all about pushing the envelope, back when there was still an envelope to push.